Tuesday, August 24, 2010

CNN's Belief Blog interviewed Alan Chambers President of Exodus International, a nonprofit "ex-gay" ministry on the recent prop 8 ruling. Chambers is a self identified "ex-gay" who admits he still struggles with homosexual attractions.

In the article Chambers is quoted as saying that “It’s disappointing that a judge would rule against the will of the people” but he also maintains that the decision shows more openness to people who are LGBT "We’re entering a time when we are more compassionate and loving toward people who deserve our compassion,” he says, “and that’s gay and lesbian people.”

CNN is completely irresponsible for running this piece for a host of reasons.

1. Exodus International is a fringe anti-gay organization that has been repudiated by all major scientific and psychological organizations.

2. If Chambers and Exodus indeed represent people who claim they are no longer gay, why is CNN collecting their thoughts on same-sex marriage? They can get married to the opposite sex and the issue is not relevant to them.

3. CNN gave free advertising to this sham organization and did nothing to set the facts straight on the proposition 8 ruling or the truth behind the "ex-gay" movement.

19 comments:

Hold on there Ba-ba Louie, CNN also interviewed many on the LGBT side. If you want one sided reporting Fox is the place for you. I don't want to see biased news sources at all. It is OK for CNN to inverview the pro-discrimination side, it shows us that these people are out there.Let us not become the enemy.

As an ex-ex-gay I can only feel sorry for ex-gays and the women they might be using to reinforce their denial. Long before any of this was an issue I married to cure my homosexuality. Foolishly thinking that my sexuality rested between my legs. If I could get it up and in I was cured, NOT! Truth, for me heterosexuality was just another form of masturbation. Both had the same lack of emotional involvement. I could lust after my wife, but I could not physically lover her. Truth, I used her. Good can come out of evil. We had a daughter who is a good and loving person, so it was not a total waste.

CNN did interview pro-equality advocates in response to prop 8. I am not suggesting they shouldn't interview people on the right of the issue but "ex-gays?" really? That is like asking CNN for the unicorn perspective on gay marriage. Unicorns don't exist and neither do so called "ex-gays"

I agree with the post. This is not an incident of "two sides to a story". Presenting representatives of a debunked anti-gay group legitimizes them. They are not "the other side" of the Prop 8 story. They're a fringe group that doesn't make the grade as far as meriting air time.

Apologies to go off-topic, but the contact form isn't working. I wanted to contact the blog contributors about a UK-based marriage equality campaign and ask if they would be interested in supporting the campaign and signing an open letter to Stonewall, the UK's largest LGB rights organisation.

I dont really understand the term X-gay.A orientation isn't a light switch you cant just turn it on and off at will.At most you can say im attracted to you but im not going to have sex with.Stupidest man ever